Sentences with phrase «pressures for national governments»

Severe weather events are becoming more frequent, creating major budget pressures for national governments, especially those in the developing world.

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The decision to introduce legislation to legalize cannabis, which the government hopes to have in place in July, has placed pressure on the government to establish national rules for workplace drug testing.

A National Auto Strategy: With a Liberal government in Ottawa, there will be renewed industry pressure for a long - overdue National Auto Strategy.

On Wednesday, Liberal MP Dan Tehan stepped up pressure for restrictions governing the level of foreign ownership for national carrier Qantas to be lifted, a measure Mr Abbott supports over the government buying a stake in Qantas.

Speaker Silver had come under pressure from good government group Common Cause and the National Organization for Women, which demanded an investigation into his handling of the harassment charges.

Although Mr. Bawa, who is also the Member of Parliament for the Bongo constituency on the ticket of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), said he is not against a reduction in the tariffs, he stated that it would be unfortunate for the government to mount undue pressure on the PURC in order to fulfill political promises.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for Ketu South, Fiifi Kwetey, believes that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is already regretting the numerous promises it made to Ghanaians, as the pressure to fulfill them, is creating a lot of the revenue - allocation problems for the government.

The pressure is peaking, with 2015 a watershed year for world leaders and national governments to agree on and commit to action for a sustainable and equitable future.

«We hope to get initiatives like this all over the subcontinent, and they could all join together, and that would put pressure on the national governments to make the drug bans more effective,» says Chris Bowden, the Bangaluru, India — based program manager for Saving Asia's Vultures from Extinction, a consortium of conservation groups and government agencies.

The National Education Union has campaigned tirelessly for change, at a national level, putting pressure on the Government to reduce wNational Education Union has campaigned tirelessly for change, at a national level, putting pressure on the Government to reduce wnational level, putting pressure on the Government to reduce workload.

At the Brazilian National Oil and Gas Agency pressuring the government for more transparency and responsibility, and highlighting the impacts of oil and gas exploration on climate, biodiversity and traditional communities.